What is Scar Revision?
A scar by definition is a permanent change in skin consistency. While a scar, unfortunately, cannot be removed and is forever, we can improve its appearance with scar revision surgery.
People often want to get rid of a scar because they’re self-conscious of the way it looks. For others, scars are painful, itchy, and impair functionality. However, even with discomfort, insurance doesn’t typically cover scar removal.
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Body Contouring
What is Body Contouring?
Body contouring, a general term for several elective cosmetic procedures, improves the contour of the body by heating, freezing, or applying energy to targeted areas. Using non-invasive devices, we can remove fat, tone muscle, and tighten the skin to enhance the overall body contour appearance.
Where on the Body is Body Contouring Used?
Patients opt for non surgical body contouring when they want to reshape an area of the body,...
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Cosmetic Surgery
What is Cosmetic Surgery?
Cosmetic surgery refers to using surgical methods (i.e., cutting) to enhance the appearance or correct a defect. Because it isn’t deemed medically necessary, it is not covered by insurance.
People opt for different types of cosmetic surgery when issues bother them symptomatically, functionally, and/or socially. Due to the variety of options, it’s best to consult with a dermatologist to determine the right treatment pla...
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ThermiSmooth®
What is ThermiSmooth?
ThermiSmooth is a treatment for remodeling the collagen in the skin to create a smoother surface, shrink the appearance of pores, and diminish fine lines. Using a device that emits radio-frequency energy, we apply heat externally to stimulate collagen regeneration. When collagen is heated to the proper temperature, it stimulates injury with subsequent remodeling and healing resulting in a cosmetic benefit.
Radio-frequency is an el...
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ThermiTight®
What is ThermiTight?
ThermiTight is a procedure that uses radio-frequency energy to tighten the skin more aggressively than external therapy can do and less aggressively than plastic surgery. ThermiTight fills the gap for patients who don’t need or want a surgical lifting procedure, but want visible skin-tightening results.
This technique works to stimulate and renew collagen from the inside out. By applying energy from underneath the skin, it direct...
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ThermiVa®
What is ThermiVa?
ThermiVa is a non-surgical, no downtime procedure that uses radio-frequency technology to tighten female external genital skin and the vagina. It can also improve urinary stress incontinence, dryness, and sensitivity issues.
ThermiVa works by tightening collagen through gentle heating over a sustained period of time. Using a device that delivers radio-frequency energy, we heat the collagen layer of the skin and vaginal tissues to th...
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Cheek Filler
What Is Cheek Filler?
When it comes to facial fillers, patients may immediately think of filling out fine lines and wrinkles and adding volume to thin lips. But filler can also be a non-invasive option to enhance and better define the cheekbone area, which can also decrease the appearance of fine line and wrinkles around the injection site.
Cheek fillers use either compounds consisting of naturally occurring substances within the body like hyaluronic a...
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Venus Versa
What is Venus Versa?
A combination of 3 powerful technologies — Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) with SmartPulse™, NanoFractional Radio Frequency with SmartScan™, and Venus Concept’s exclusive (MP)2 technology — , Venus Versa™ is a versatile aid for non-invasive aesthetic procedures. Treatment options include photorejuvenation/photofacial, acne, hair removal, skin resurfacing, and wrinkle reduction.
How Does Venus Versa Treatment Work?
Intens...
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Kybella
What is Kybella?
KYBELLA® is the first FDA-approved injectable treatment created to destroy fat cells under the chin area otherwise known as a “double-chin”. Containing deoxycholic acid, which occurs naturally in the body, KYBELLA® helps to breakdown hard to reach fat, which will reduce fullness under the chin. Since the fat cells will be destroyed, further treatment isn’t anticipated once you’ve reached your desired results.
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Juvéderm
What is Juvéderm?
If you’re looking for non-invasive ways to treat fine lines and wrinkles, chances are that Juvéderm has come up in conversation. While classified as a filler, Juvéderm is a sweeping term for a collection of hyaluronic acid fillers with each product targeting a specific area of the face.
Hyaluronic acid is naturally produced in the skin after which it breaks down, and then builds it up again as part of an ongoing cycle. As opp...
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